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John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 27:1-12

David flees to Gath, and obtains Ziklag from Achish2. David’s position now as the captain of 600 men was quite different from what it was in 1 Samuel 21:10. 7. A full year and four months] The phrase probably means ’about four months,’ lit. ’days and four months.’ 8 The Geshurites] were the inhabitants of a district in the S. of Philistia: see Joshua 13:2. They must not be confused with the Geshurites who lived E. of the Jordan. The tribes mentioned here were constant enemies of Israel whom... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 27:9

(9) And left neither man nor woman alive.—These acts of ferocious barbarity are simply without excuse; the reason for them is told us in 1 Samuel 27:11. No captive was to be left alive to tell the tale to King Achish, who was under the delusion that David’s feats of arms were carried out at the expense of his own countrymen, whose lands he was harrying. At this the Philistine rejoiced when he heard David was thus burning his only bridge of retreat: by alienating by these cruelties the affection... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 27:1-12

CHAPTER XXXIIIDAVID’S SECOND FLIGHT TO GATH.1 Samuel 27:1-12; 1 Samuel 28:1-2; 1 Samuel 29:1-11.WE are not prepared for the sad decline in the spirit of trust which is recorded in the beginning of the twenty-seventh chapter. The victory gained by David over the carnal spirit of revenge, shown so signally in his sparing the life of Saul a second time, would have led us to expect that he would never again fall under the influence of carnal fear. But there are strange ebbs and flows in the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Samuel 27:1-12

CHAPTER 27 1. David’s unbelief (1 Samuel 27:1-2 ) 2. With Achish, King of Gath (1 Samuel 27:3-7 ) 3. His slaughter and deception 27:8-12) David became despondent. After all the gracious evidences that the Lord was with him, shielded him and guarded his very footsteps, he relapses in unbelief. Such is the heart of man! He fears for his life and then takes once more his case out of the Lord’s hands and flees to Achish the king of Gath. He had been there before and at that former visit he... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 27:1-12

So soon after David's admirable moral victory in Chapter 26, it is sad to see his faith wavering in his decision "to escape to the land of the Philistines." Did he not remember his experience with Achish, king of Gath, some time before (ch.21:10-15)? He was quite sure that Saul would hunt him again and thinks he might be likely killed by Saul. But he had appealed to God. Could he not therefore depend on God to preserve him? He makes his decision to go to Gath because it seemed to him there was... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 27:1-12

MORE BROKEN PROMISES DAVID AND ABIGAIL (1 Samuel 25:0 ) The romance of this chapter has a setting like this: The Wilderness of Paran on the south was a common pasture like our prairies, and for this reason open to marauders from among the Arabs. David and his men must have been a protection to their countrymen from such incursions, and in the habit of receiving practical acknowledgments of their service. Nabal was a rich sheep owner who must have been indebted to them, and “good business,”... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Samuel 27:8-12

(8) ¶ And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. (9) And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. (10) And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 27:9

Apparel. Saul alone had been ordered to destroy all the property of Amalec. (Abulensis) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 27:8-12

8-12 While David was in the land of the Philistines, he attacked some remains of the devoted nations. The people whom he cut off were long before doomed to destruction. It is often wisdom to shun public notice, but we must in no situation be idle. We must always try to do somewhat in the cause of God. This expedition David hid from Achish. But an equivocation which serves the purpose of a lie, is as like to it as a hypocrite is to a profane person, it is only better in appearance, therefore... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Samuel 27:8-12

David's Campaign Against the Heathen v. 8. And David and his men, no longer under the direct observation of the Philistines, went up and invaded the Geshurites and the Gezrites, small nations living south of the Philistine territory, and the Amalekites, the nomadic tribes whom Saul had almost destroyed, 1 Samuel 15:7; for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt, on the Egyptian border. v. 9. And David smote the land, and... read more